Net radiative effect of dust aerosols from satellite measurements over Sahara

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Yang, Eun Su ^a   Gupta, Pawan ^a   Christopher, Sundar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DUST; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OZONE; SATELLITES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL TYPES; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; BROADBAND MEASUREMENTS; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; DESERT SURFACES; DUST AEROSOLS; LONG WAVES; MULTI-ANGLE; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE EFFICIENCY; SAHARA DESERT; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SHORT WAVES; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE EMISSIVITY; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TERRA SATELLITES; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; CLEAR SKY; DUST; NET RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

EID: 72149097066     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039801     Document Type: Article

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